According to reports in U.S. media, one student was killed and five other people injured in the horror.

A shooting was reported at the school around 10:20 a.m.

The school is located in Rockford, a town of about 500 people located a few miles south of Spokane, WA. After an hour, the school tweeted that the lockdown had been lifted. In addition to the high school, the middle and elementary schools were placed in lockdown.

"Our hearts are broken by the events at Freeman High School this morning".

Classes were about to begin because it's a "late start" day, Baxter said.

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